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vega
/ˈveɪɡə/
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What does vega mean?
noun
- An open tract of ground; a plain, especially one which is moist and fertile, such as those used for growing tobacco.
- A measurement of the sensitivity of the value of an option to changes in the implied volatility of the price of the underlying asset.
proper noun
- The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
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proper noun
- A surname from Spanish.
- A small city, the county seat of Oldham County, Texas, United States.
noun
- (historical) An automobile that was manufactured by Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corporation from 1970 to 1977.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈveɪɡə/
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The church of La Vega rises very picturesquely above a range of hills covered with thick vegetation.
He asked me whether I did not think that Lope de Vega was much overrated.
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We have two accounts written by members of this expedition,13 and a third, written by Garcilasso de La Vega from the statements of eye-witnesses and memoranda which had fallen into his hands.
Garcilaso de la Vega, a descendant of the Incas, has preserved an ancient indigenous poem of his nation, which seems to allude to a great event, the breaking to fragments of some large object, associated with ice and snow.
Castor and Pollux with their quiet shine were almost on the meridian: the barren and gloomy Square of Pegasus was creeping round to the north-west; far away through the plantation, Vega sparkled like a lamp suspended amid the leafless trees, and Cassiopeia’s chair stood daintily poised on the uppermost boughs.